CALEB Young Adult Winner: Apprentice
Kristen Young was the winner of the Young Adult Fiction section of the CALEB Awards in 2021, with her book, Apprentice, published by Enclave Escape. We sat down with Kristen after her win and asked her a few questions about her book and her process. Q: Congratulations, Kristen! Tell us what your book is about? […]
2021 CALEB Award Winners
Omega Writers are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2021 CALEB Awards for published books. Adult Nonfiction Sponsor: Sheree Chambers & Emma Biddle at Impressum The winner receives their choice of website updates, a six-week social media calendar, or a cover for their next book to the value of $400. The winner is: Sinned Against: […]
Coming to the Omega Writers Retreat this weekend?
You are in for a treat! Meet our two guest speakers: For the 10am session: Edie Melson – Soul Care for Writers Edie Melson is a woman of faith with ink-stained fingers. She’s a writer who feels lost without her camera and a reluctant speaker who loves to encourage an audience, all while embracing the […]
Omega Writers Retreat is going online!
As we all know, the pandemic continues to throw everyone’s plans into disarray. After postponing our Omega Writers Conference from 2020 to 2021, we now have to change everything again and go online. But don’t get despondent. We’re planning an Online Writers Retreat on Friday night 8 October and Saturday 9 October that will be […]
CALEB Encouragement Award
Nominations are now open for the Caleb Encouragement Award. If you’re a current paid member of Omega Writers, we would like to invite you to nominate a fellow Christian writer for an Encouragement Award. This could be: A writer who has gone out of their way to support other writers (this will be a NEW […]
Getting to the heart of CALEB
I remember my first CALEB Awards night well. One of my books had been shortlisted. A children’s novel with Christian themes. It was the first time any of my books had received any acclaim or attention apart from what I mustered up myself. I was terrified, excited and so terribly nervous. I remember smiling at […]
What’s New at Omega Writers | July 2021
There is lots of news from Omega Writers this month! We have a winner in the Realm Awards, news about the Omega Book Fair and Retreat, and a call for nominations for the Encouragement Awards. Realm Awards Congratulations to Omega Writers member Kristen Young for her double win at the Realm Makers Awards, announced last […]
CALEB Finalists 2021
The books have been read, the scoresheets completed, the scores added … I am delighted to announce the finalists in the 2021 CALEB Awards from Omega Writers: Christian Authors Lifting Each other’s Books. I’d also like to add a big thank you to our sponsors for supporting Omega Writers, the CALEB Award, and Christian writers […]
2021 Omega Writers Retreat
As we all know, the 2020 Omega Writer’s Conference was cancelled as we all experienced the joys of working and schooling from home. Restrictions to international travel mean we can’t hold our conference as planned this year either. But we know everyone is keen to meet in person and spend quality writing time together. Instead […]
Conference 2021 is a Writers Retreat
It’s official. We are delighted to announce that the Omega Writers conference has been reimagined for 2021 into a Writers Retreat. Why? With Covid still nipping at our heels, border closures and lockdowns still occurring, our keynote international speaker unable to enter the country and a lot of our members sharing stories of exhaustion from all the ebbs […]